The NHS England board met on Thursday last week, with discussion emphasising the need to digitally support the workforce and highlighting increased digital maturity as a priority over the next two years. As part of the board meeting, the national director of digital channels summarised progress to date around the […]
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Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: London
Digital health and data across the ICS regions in 2024: London Welcome to the first edition of our new feature series, exploring the current state of play for digital and data across the integrated care system regions. First up, we’re taking a look at the capital, following our spotlight piece […]
Plans for increased digitalisation highlighted in South East London ICS estates and infrastructure strategy
For our latest strategy focus, we’re taking a look at the estates and infrastructure strategy from South East London ICS, with digital noted to play a role in two key estate objectives – working towards net zero estate by 2040, and making smart use of estate through utilisation of technology. […]
North London Mental Health Partnership announces move to single EPR
North London Mental Health Partnership has announced its intention to move to a single electronic patient record system for the partnership. The move means Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust will use the RIO electronic patient record system, with the partnership noting that it has “made the difficult decision to […]
NHS Education for Scotland shares plans to update digital platform and review existing architecture
The latest learning and education strategy from NHS Education for Scotland (NES), set to run until 2026, shares a number of plans with a digital focus including updating its digital platform and holding a review of existing data architecture. Within the strategy, NES states that its purpose is to be […]
“User experience and operational improvements” CCube on key EDMS objectives
Following the growing adoption of EPR systems across the country and a clear focus on NHS frontline digitisation, electronic document management plays a key role in supporting an organisation’s digital capability, providing access to unstructured information – clinical documents, medical images and patient record files. As well providing significant savings […]
North West Anglia FT shares A&E attendances, inpatient and outpatient appointments across its ICS
North West Anglia Foundation Trust has gone live with submitting inpatient and outpatient appointment, emergency department attendances and booking information data into the regional shared care record. Providers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS can now view this information through the shared care record, with North West Anglia being the first […]
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust awards contract for dental patient management software service
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) has awarded a contract for a dental patient management software service to Newcastle-based Systems for Dentists Limited, for a reported value of 107,117.50. Set to run for five years to February 2029, the contract looks to replace previous patient management software, which was no […]
Cardiff and Vale Health Board opens workforce electronic system tender
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership has opened a procurement opportunity on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board for a medical workforce electronic system. The procurement, valued at up to £900,000, seeks to provide a solution to support capacity and demand planning of the medical workforce including live data […]
Ambulance services report highlights need to be “better prepared for the emerging impacts of advancing technologies”
A report developed by the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives in partnership with NHS Providers and NHS Confederation has called for the “radical re-design” of urgent and emergency care and long-term planning and highlights the need to be “better prepared for the emerging impacts of advancing technologies”. Additionally, the report […]
